Atlantica Closes the Refinancing of its Corporate Notes
May 28, 2019 – Atlantica Yield plc (NASDAQ: AY) (“Atlantica”), the sustainable total return infrastructure company that owns a diversified portfolio of contracted assets in the energy and environment sectors, announced today that it has completed the issuance of its new senior unsecured note issuance facility agreement (“NIFA”) to redeem all of Atlantica’s outstanding senior notes on May 31, 2019. The cost of the NIFA has been hedged at approximately 4.4%.
With the closing of the new corporate financing, Atlantica believes it will achieve several improvements and further financial flexibility, including:
- An anticipated cost1 improvement of approximately $4 million per annum expected from 2020;
- A longer tenor compared with the existing financing;
- An option to capitalize up to 2 years of interest payments, which would partially offset the cash available for distribution (“CAFD”) impact if Mojave’s distributions were delayed and;
- A natural hedge for CAFD generated in euro.
Santiago Seage, Atlantica’s CEO, said “We are thrilled with the new financing since it carries significant improvements for us. We have achieved a significant cost improvement, a longer tenor and new flexibility.”
About Atlantica Yield
Atlantica Yield plc is a total return company that owns a diversified portfolio of contracted renewable energy, efficient natural gas, electric transmission and water assets in North & South America, and certain markets in EMEA ().
| Chief Financial Officer Francisco Martinez-Davis E | Investor Relations & Communication Leire Perez E T 5 |
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1 Calculated as the difference between the annual coupon of the existing 2019 Notes and the contracted interest rate swap for the new Note Issuance Facility for three years, resulting in an all-in interest cost of approximately 4.4%, and assuming current €/$ FX rate.
